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Advanced Science Research student Kira Powell has been selected to receive the Washington State Academy of Sciences Award to participate in the American Junior Academy of Sciences (AJAS) Convention in Vancouver, Canada, that will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), February 16-20, 2012. AJAS is America’s only honor research society for high school scientists and membership is by invitation only. Each state academy of science chooses premier high s...
Merlin K. Jantz died September 10, 2011, at his home near Odessa. He was 83 years old. He was born September 7, 1928 in Odessa to Abraham and Lydia Jantz. While he was a young child, his family moved to the Harrington area, where he attended school until returning to Odessa. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1946. After graduating, he continued to farm with his brother until he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950. While in the Air Force, he married Norma Carlson of Lamona...
Odessa has been aeronautically minded since the earliest days of flight, but it wasn’t until 82 years ago that serious consideration was given to building an airport. And it wasn’t until 1949 that a permanent airstrip was built That has developed into the first-rate municipal airport Odessa boasts today, now better than ever with its new asphalt-surfaced runway. Some early airport plans were reported in The Odessa Record in its issue of September 13,1929: Three aviators with two commercial planes for Wenatchee did a fair bus...
Deutschesfest is always a bustling week in Odessa. Though local residents have been planning for a year and busily making preparations over the summer months, many things can’t be done until the last minute. Vegetable gardens burst at the seams with produce that needs attention and peaches, pears and apples tend to ripen at the same time. This weeks recipes will help take care of some of the bounty as well as providing interesting fare for your festival-going company. G...
Head coach Ken Scherr said he was very pleased with the cohesiveness and ability of this year’s team. He also said he was impressed with their level of play against the larger schools they have faced during the early-season tournaments that precede league play. Odessa-Harrington Jamboree The Odessa-Harrington Titan varsity and junior varsity both split games with Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at the Jamboree held September 6 in Odessa. Varsity scores were 11-21 and 21-18, and JV s...
After winning its opener September 2, the Odessa-Harrington Titans football team lost last week at Cusick by a score of 58 to 48. This Friday, the Titans will play Lacrosse/Washtucna at home in the Odessa Deutschesfest “Sausage Bowl” in a non-league contest. The northeast 1B leagues are rather lop-sided again this year, with only four teams in the south division. Besides O-H, the other teams are Almira-Coulee/Hartline, Wilbur-Creston and Mansfield. The northern division has seven teams, including Republic, which is a 2B sch...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sept. 5: Loud noises heard from the roof of a downtown Davenport business prompted occupants below to call dispatchers with a report that people may have been running on it again. Reardan...
Jaime Lamar Kissler died September 6, 2011, at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane. He was born August 3, 1971, in Spokane to Terry and Denise (Beckner) Kissler. Jaime graduated from Odessa High School in 1989. He was a skilled carpenter and worked several years for Mandere Construction. Jaime had a passion for music and writing, publishing several poems. He is survived by the daughter he raised, Sophia Anderson of Spokane; his grandparents, Marlys Kissler of Odessa and Jack...
Grange At the Lincoln County Fair, the Canniwai Grange booth prepared by Lise Ott of Irby took first place, and the Pomona Grange booth prepared by Gordon Peterson of Marlin took second place. Round Robin In the Round Robin event, in which youngsters in FFA and 4-H compete with animals other than those they normally exhibit (to show their expertise with an unfamiliar animal), Lexi Hirst of Harrington received the FFA large animal trophy in freshman/sophomore category. David El...
Visitors to the school’s open house held last Thursday, September 1, The Odessa School District is now fully compliant with the requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) after installing a wheelchair ramp leading from the lower elementary school level to the upper hallway that eventually joins with the high school wing. Handicapped-accessible bathrooms have also been installed inside the Kindergarten and first-grade bathrooms, replacing the ...
We’ve all seen it – the low slung trousers revealing underwear, a style that has become fashionable for young people to wear. Until now, it has simply been a matter to shake our heads over, but there are politicians and law enforcement officials who are ready to take a stand. Kathy McManus of the Responsibility Project reported that “as a nation that pulls itself up by its bootstraps, we are also a nation that needs to pull up its pants.” McManus reports that “the style of...
Your online history of The Odessa Record states that Ted Anderson converted the paper from letterpress to offset printing. This is incorrect, since Walt Larson owned and operated the paper using the old printing press and linotype equipment. It was under his ownership that the paper was converted to offset and printed in Moses Lake, Davenport and Ephrata. I personally ran the Linotype and the folder of the old Letterpress cylinder press. It was scrapped in Moses Lake. The Linotype and Job printing platen press were donated...
Honey Battermann died September 6, 2011 in Marlin. She was 91. She was born on February 10, 1920, in a two-story house in Ellis-Ford, Wash. to Zachary and Margaret (Oliver) Hylton. Elva married Edward G. Battermann on September 12, 1937 in Emmet, Idaho. They moved from Oroville to Marlin in 1950. Honey had a particular soft spot for young children and was a wonderful wife and mother. She worked outside the home in her own dry-cleaning business in Odessa. She was a member of...
The pace of activity in Odessa has been picking up in preparation for Deutschesfest, just one week away. The former Haagen-Daas freezer trailer has been permanently situated behind the Festplatz and is fully operational, stocked with cabbage rolls from Heritage Church. Strudels were being assembled at Christ Lutheran Church, transported to Das Kraut Haus for baking, then taken to the walk-in cooler at the Community Center for rapid cooling. From there they will travel to...
For years, the annual Deutschesfest Edition of The Odessa Record has listed the Deutschesfest Parade marshals of previous years, back to the first parade in 1971. This year in announcing Ida Schorzman as parade marshal, The Record again named the past marshals. But as always, there was a void when it came to the 1986 parade. The parade marshal that year had not been mentioned in the 1986 Deutschesfest Edition or in any other issues of The Record reporting Deustchesfest events. Nor was their any evidence in the parade committe...
The Friends of the Pool hosted the 3rd Annual Nightflyer Night Golf Tournament on August 27th at the Odessa Golf Club. Ten teams made up of a total of 41 golfers competed. A potluck dinner was served before tee-off at 7:00 p.m. FOP held a raffle and gave out prizes such as golf clubs, rounds of golf, and an overnight stay at the Inn at the Market in Seattle. Grand Prize was $200 cash, two teams tied at 2 under par (34) and a chip off was held. The team that won the chip off...
Odessa Record subscriber Larry Fisher of Spokane continues his series of articles on the history of the Batum/Lauer area (where his wife, the former Joyce Kiesz, grew up.) Dream 2. Continuation. Schafer, George, (b. 1/17/1874, Frank, Russia. d. 4/23/1956). Father: Conrad Schafer. Mother: Barbara Greenwalt. George came to the United States at the age of 14 in 1892, locating with his parents in Nebraska. As a young man working with the railway, he came to Washington, and farmed south of Lamona for almost five years. He was...
The Odessa-Harrington girls volleyball team got their season off to a great start at the Davenport Jamboree last Saturday. The Titans lost only two games throughout the day. They defeated Davenport 25-18, 23-25 and 15-13, Moses Lake Christian 25-20 and 27-26, Lake Roosevelt 25-21 and 25-21 and University High School’s junior varsity 25-21, 22-25 and 15-11. Serving leaders were Amanda Hardt (9-0) and Hailey Williams (8-0) each served for 100 percent, and Lexi Hirst followed closely with 96 percent (25-1). Charli Moffet c...
The Odessa-Harrington boys varsity football team rolled over St. John-Endicott Friday, September 2, ending the away game in the third quarter after the Titans had built up a 40-point lead. The final score was 54 - 14, with 34 of the Titan total scored in the second quarter. O-H 6 34 14 54 SJE 8 6 0 14 SJE struck first, breaking away for a 50-yard run in the first quarter for six and then running the ball for the two-point conversion. OH countered in the first quarter with a 20-yard pass, but the extra-point pass attempt faile...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Aug. 29: A Davenport woman told dispatchers she heard gunshots near her residence in the 1200 block of Seventh Street. Deputies responded to a report of a loud, violent argument between a man and...
September 11, 2001 was a day I will never forget, but am pained to remember. I lived and went to college in Purchase, NY at the time (20 minutes north of Manhattan). Shortly before 9 a.m. my dorm was alive with the commotion of doors being pounded on alerting everyone to the attack, TV's being turned on to full volume, and gasps/cries as fellow students had the sudden realization that family members and friends could be in imminent danger. In short, it was chaos. At that moment, I made a call to my parents here in Odessa (it...
My life changed drastically 10 years ago. Never forget 9/11. I was at work flying as a medivac nurse out of the Seattle area when my pilot woke me in the morning and told me I was going to war. I had no idea how much it would change my life. I had no idea how it would change all of our lives. As we approach the 10-year anniversary of this horrific attack, I must reflect. At the time I had a fairly normal life, working my job, raising my children, cutting fire wood, doing normal stuff. That day my life changed. I was...
Pedestrians may want to avoid the southwest corner at the intersection of First Avenue and Division Street for the next week or two, as phase one of a restoration project is underway. The corner building, owned by John and Michelle Melgren, is home to Any Occasion Banquet Hall and The Odessa Record offices. The Melgrens have contracted with Peter Cooper of Coeur d’Alene, a specialist in brick walls and masonry, to remove layers of paint, replace decayed bricks, tuckpoint a...
The Knoell family will be celebrating Jakob Knoell’s 100th birthday on September 3 and 4. He was born September 4, 1911, in the Black Sea area called Bessarabia. He immigrated to the United States and Odessa in 1952, with his wife of 71 years, Lydia. His children, Marianne Saltz (Soldotna, Alaska), and Vern and Joni Knoell (Colbert/Lamona, Wash.), as well as his grandchildren Jeannette Ducker (Kasilof, Alaska), DiAnna Leaders (Soldotna), Tami Knoell (Spokane), Kristi and M...
The Odessa School Board met Wednesday, August 24, to hear about the final preparations for the start of school on August 31. After the meeting board members toured the school buildings to see what had been accomplished over the summer in terms of repairs, new installations and repainting. Handicapped-accessible bathrooms have been installed in both the kindergarten and first-grade rooms, and a wheel-chair ramp leading from the elementary wing to the upper hallway was nearing completion and expected to be finished by the...
